tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post6411705154472767285..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: 6th December 2009 - Who's made a mark this week?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-62513914227138029212009-12-07T10:14:55.638+00:002009-12-07T10:14:55.638+00:00Oh wow I NEED that "Artist's Eye" bo...Oh wow I NEED that "Artist's Eye" book! A couple good friends and I are always discussing our horizons, precisely because we know we do not draw them straight due to our strong prescription glasses. One reason I now often use a yardstick to draw in a horizon first as a guide.Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59036778574599083102009-12-07T08:18:51.884+00:002009-12-07T08:18:51.884+00:00Personally I think there's a great deal of dif...Personally I think there's a great deal of difference between using a tool to find the correct outline of and/or perspective on a subject (ie getting the size and shape 'right') and actually using that same tool to paint a picture.<br /><br />Interestingly, in "The Artists Eyes" (see top of post) page 73, the author uses a Vermeer painting (Lady writing a letter with her maid) as a prime example of how the gradations of lighting help to portrays realism much more effectively when compared to another painting by Pieter de Hooch.<br /><br />The Vermeer painting <i>"depicts nearly the full range of conse sensivity (a hundredfold spread of brightness) between the sunlit windows and the shadowed corners. There are marvelous details....(which) convery the effects of real-world lighting and enliven the painting"</i><br /><br />IMO although one can use a tool (including a camera) to depict accuracy of shape, you need to use your eyes to observe and practice seeing the full range of values - and how these tranlsate into colour - to create and persuade as to 'real-life' effects.<br /><br />It's very difficult, if not impossible, to find a camera which works as well as the human eye - which in my opinion is the best tool of all.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-24085218306178685832009-12-07T01:09:04.559+00:002009-12-07T01:09:04.559+00:00Hi Katherine,
Concerning the subject: "photo...Hi Katherine,<br /><br />Concerning the subject: "photography - an artist's tool or travesty".<br />Of course that painting from life permits us to absorb factors that photography cannot transmit, namely a wider gamut of values and chromas.<br />However not always the artist will have the time to paint a lion in the safari, or ask him to stay still.<br />I see the camera as a complement and not as a substitute.<br />Much as been said about Vermeer and the camera obscura.<br />Ok, lets supppose that he really used it (I don't know if a conclusion has already been made).<br />But I don't want you to use one, I want you to use one state of the art camera, or you can even use a tracer, whatever.<br />Now paint like he did :-)<br /><br />Have a nice time,<br /><br />JoséJosé Carrilho (Go Detail)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965916774046623372noreply@blogger.com